EP2858911B1 - Leicht zu öffnender verschluss mit verbessertem druckverhalten - Google Patents

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EP2858911B1
EP2858911B1 EP13721634.7A EP13721634A EP2858911B1 EP 2858911 B1 EP2858911 B1 EP 2858911B1 EP 13721634 A EP13721634 A EP 13721634A EP 2858911 B1 EP2858911 B1 EP 2858911B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions of curved cross-section, e.g. cans of circular or elliptical cross-section
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4011—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening completely by means of a tearing tab
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0016—Action for opening container pivot tab, push-down and pull-out tear panel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0058—Other details of container end panel
    • B65D2517/0068—Ribs or projections in container end panel
    • B65D2517/007—Ribs or projections in container end panel located within tear-out/push-in panel

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  • This invention relates to an easy open closure with improved pressure performance and, in particular to an easy open can end.
  • the can end is typically of the "full aperture opening" type, in which a metal can end panel has a circumferential score which enables a circular panel of the end to be removable and thereby to give full access to a product within the can to which the end is fixed.
  • a well-known closure for a metal can comprises a can end fixed to the can body by a double seam which extends radially inwardly into a chuck wall and, optionally, a countersink to a centre panel.
  • the benefit of the removal of the majority of the centre panel is the ease of access to the can contents. In the case when the can contents comprise a solid or semi-solid food product, dispensing and access to the product is relatively straightforward.
  • a metal tab that is fixed by a rivet to the removable centre panel has a nose portion positioned above the score.
  • the nose portion of the tab pierces the score and breaks or "pops" the score over an initial arc.
  • the initial arc is propagated and tears over a larger arc of the score.
  • the tab and end panel are pulled out away from the can body and full opening is achieved as the end peels away from the can body.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of an easy open can end.
  • the end includes a series of terraces 1, a circumferential score 2, a seaming panel 3, and wing-shaped beads 4 adjacent a rivet 5.
  • the can end of the Figure 1 design has a specific chord length along which the panel folds when the tab 6 is raised for opening. This chord is illustrated by the broken line 9 in the Figure.
  • Figure 1 may be improved, at least in respect of its pressure performance, by including a bead that extends around the entire circumference of the closure, and which passes between the score 2 and the nose portion 8 of the tab 6. This bead is indicated by reference numeral 7 in Figure 1 .
  • the bead 7, and its location close to and parallel with the score 2 strengthens the closure in the region of the score 2, tending to prevent unintended fracturing of the score.
  • the design of the can closure illustrated in Figure 1 has a number of disadvantages. Whilst it does achieve a satisfactory pressure performance, its opening performance is not so good primarily due to the short length of the chord 9 between the two points where it intersects with the score. This is caused by the presence of the strengthening bead 7 between the nose portion 8 and the score 2 which tends to prevent an initial fracture of the score, induced when the tab is raised, from propagating around the score to a sufficient extent.
  • a solution to this problem is to terminate the bead 7 on each side of the tab 6, i.e. to provide a break in the bead 7 in the region behind the tab.
  • merely terminating the bead 7 results in an increased risk of peaking along the score line in the region of the break.
  • a further solution that has been proposed, see EP1577222 is to maintain the bead 7 as shown in Figure 1 , and introduce an additional pair of relatively short beads on either side of the rivet 5. These project outwardly from the rivet region in a generally circumferential direction. The additional beads provide a fold line about which the closure tends to fold when the tab is raised, counteracting the strengthening effect of the bead 7.
  • An important feature of can closures is their ability to resist abuse during transport and stacking.
  • a particular problem in this regard is the possibility that when a filled can is stacked on top of another filled can, e.g. during transport, the base of the upper can pushes down on the tab of the lower can. This can cause the score formed around the closure of the lower can to fracture.
  • a known solution to this problem is to form a pair of downwardly projecting points or nibs on either side of the tab and which project slightly further than the point of the tab nose. These additional points typically make contact with the surface of the closure in the unopened configuration and, in the event of an impact on the can, e.g. due to stacking, prevent the nose from coming into contact with the can closure.
  • FR2812618 discloses a lid for a food or drinks can fitted with a conventional ring pull, wherein there is a depression in the lid surrounding the end of the ring pull which carries the point for puncturing it.
  • DE19805837 discloses the heat treatment of metal container lids whose predetermined rupture path has a reduced thickness produced by a compressive forming process, wherein the heat treatment consists of heating this rupture path by laser radiation to a temperature above the recrystallization point of the lid material.
  • FR2716166 discloses an easy opening base for a metal container.
  • an easy open closure for food or beverage containers comprising a centre panel surrounded by a circumferential score and an outer seaming panel, further comprising a tab, the tab being fixed to the centre panel by a rivet formed in the centre panel such that lifting of a radially inner region of the tab forces a nose portion of the tab into contact with a region of the centre panel adjacent to a radially inner edge of the circumferential score, thereby causing the score to fracture, characterised by a bead formed in and extending circumferentially around the centre panel inside and adjacent to the circumferential score and at a radius outside of the rivet, the bead deviating inwardly from its circumferential path as it approaches the region in which the rivet is formed, and the bead terminating adjacent to and on either side of the rivet.
  • the centre panel may comprise a witness surrounding the rivet, the witness having been formed as a result of a bubble reform procedure, said bead terminating on either side of the rivet at or adjacent to the outer periphery of the witness.
  • the centre panel may be substantially flat in the region between the rivet and the score, with the tab being provided on an under surface with two or more abuse prevention points, these points being configured to be in contact with, or adjacent to and not in contact with, the substantially flat region prior to user activation of the tab.
  • the substantially flat region may be provided on an upper surface with two or more abuse prevention dimples, these dimples being configured to be in contact with, or adjacent to and not in contact with, an under surface of the tab prior to user activation of the tab.
  • the bead may follow a generally linear path in the region in which the rivet is formed such that, when the tab is lifted away from the centre panel, a fold in the centre panel is created along that generally linear path.
  • FIG. 1 With reference to Figure 1 , the problems associated with known can closures have been discussed above. In particular, a need has been identified for a can closure that has both satisfactory pressure performance and satisfactory opening performance, whilst still being able to accommodate abuse resistance features. Such a can closure will now be described with reference to Figures 2 and 3 which show, respectively, a top side view and an under side view of the improved can closure.
  • the can closure is indicated generally by reference numeral 10, and includes a number of conventional features including;
  • annular bead 19 is provided inside the score 16. For most of its extent, this bead 19 follows the line of the bead 7 of the can closure illustrated in Figure 1 in so far as it is adjacent to and parallel with the score 16. However, rather than continuing behind the rivet, the bead 19 deviates inwardly from its circumferential path as it approaches the region in which the rivet is formed, deviating from its otherwise circular path, starting at a location in line with or close to the centre of the rivet 12. The bead 19 terminates on either side of the rivet at locations 20 and 21, at or about the points where the bead meets the outer periphery of the witness 13 formed as a result of the bubble reform process. Referring to Figure 3 , broken line 23 illustrates that the bead 19 follows a generally linear path as it approaches the witness 13.
  • the exact locations 20 and 21 at which the bead 19 terminates may depend upon a number of factors.
  • the locations may be slightly before or after the witness periphery, or may exactly coincide with that periphery.
  • the area between the rivet 12 and the score 16 is substantially flat, with only the witness 13 providing a slight deformation close to the rivet. There is therefore nothing to interfere with abuse prevention points or nibs that might be provided on the under surface of the tab (see locations 25 and 26 indicated in Figure 2 ). Similarly, there is nothing to interfere with abuse prevention dimples projecting upwardly from the surface of the closure (again at locations 25 and 26 of Figure 2 ).
  • the bead may terminate at other locations close to the rivet.
  • a metal forming operation may be used to produce a strengthened metal area around the rivet, in addition to or instead of the witness 13, with the bead 19 terminating at or close to that strengthened metal area.

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  1. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) für Nahrungsmittel- oder Getränkebehälter, umfassend ein Mittelfeld (27), das von einer Umfangsrille (16) und einem äußeren Falzfeld (17) umgeben ist, wobei der Verschluss zudem Folgendes umfasst:
    eine Lasche (11), wobei die Lasche am Mittelfeld befestigt ist durch einen Niet (12), der im Mittelfeld (27) gebildet ist, sodass das Anheben einer radial innen liegenden Region der Lasche (11) einen Nasenabschnitt (24) der Lasche mit einer Region im Zentrum des Mittelfeldes in Kontakt zwingt, welche der radial innen liegenden Kante der Umfangsrille (16) benachbart ist, wobei die Rille bricht; gekennzeichnet durch:
    eine Wulst (19), die im Mittelfeld gebildet ist und sich in Umfangsrichtung um das Mittelfeld innerhalb der Umfangsrille (16) und daran angrenzend erstreckt und in einem Radius außerhalb des Nietes (12), wobei die Wulst von ihrem Umfangsweg nach innen abweicht, wenn sie sich der Region nähert, in welcher der Niet (12) gebildet ist, und die Wulst neben und an beiden Seiten des Nietes (12) endet.
  2. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Mittelfeld (27) einen Kegel (13) rund um den Niet (12) umfasst, wobei der Kegel (13) als Ergebnis eines Kuppel-Nachformverfahrens gebildet wurde, wobei die Wulst (19) auf beiden Seiten des Nietes (12) an oder neben dem äußeren Umfang des Kegels (13) endet.
  3. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei das Mittelfeld (27) im Wesentlichen flach in der Region zwischen dem Niet (12) und der Rille (16) ist.
  4. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Lasche (11) an einer Unterfläche mit zwei oder mehreren Missbrauchsverhütungspunkten (25, 26) versehen ist, wobei diese Punkte konfiguriert sind, um in Kontakt mit, oder angrenzend an und nicht in Kontakt mit, der im Wesentlichen flachen Region zu sein, bevor der Benutzer die Lasche (11) aktiviert.
  5. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) nach Anspruch 3, wobei die im Wesentlichen flache Region an einer Oberfläche mit zwei oder mehreren Missbrauchsverhütungsvertiefungen (25, 26) versehen ist, wobei diese Vertiefungen konfiguriert sind, um in Kontakt mit, oder angrenzend an und nicht in Kontakt mit, einer Unterfläche der Lasche (11) zu sein, bevor der Benutzer die Lasche (11) aktiviert.
  6. Leicht zu öffnender Verschluss (10) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Wulst (19) einem im Allgemeinen linearen Weg in der Region folgt, in welcher der Niet (12) gebildet ist, sodass, wenn die Lasche (11) vom Mittelfeld (27) weg angehoben wird, ein Falz im Mittelfeld (27) entlang dieses im Allgemeinen linearen Wegs geschaffen wird.
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